U+6740 "杀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+6740 "杀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a kanji or hanzi character that primarily means "to kill" or "to slaughter," functioning as a common logogram in both Chinese and Japanese writing systems. Its simplified form, as opposed to the traditional variant "殺," is widely used in mainland China, while in Japanese it appears in compounds like "殺人" (satsujin, meaning murder) or "殺す" (korosu, the verb for to kill). The character often carries strong connotations of violence, destruction, or intense action, and it is also employed metaphorically in phrases related to ending or diminishing something, such as "杀风景" (shā fēngjǐng, meaning to spoil the fun). This ideograph fundamentally denotes a forceful cessation of life or activity, reflecting its deep roots in East Asian linguistic and cultural contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+6740
Version Added 1.1
Name CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 杀
HTML Hex Encoding 杀
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE6 0x9D 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0x6740
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00006740
C/C++/Java Escape \u6740

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kCCCII 27463B
kCangjie XKD
kCantonese saat3
kDefinition kill, slaughter, murder; hurt
kEACC 27463B
kFourCornerCode 4090
kGB0 4117
kGSR 0319a
kHanYu 21155.030
kHanyuPinlu shā(275)
kIICore AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 21155.030
kIRGKangXi 0510.181
kIRG_GSource G0-4931
kIRG_JSource JMJ-057698
kIRG_TSource TF-2258
kJapanese サツ
kTGH 2013:487
kKangXi 0510.181
kMainlandTelegraph 3010
kMandarin shā
kMojiJoho MJ057698
kPhonetic 46 1111
kRSUnicode 75.2
kSMSZD2003Index 303.11
kTGHZ2013 322.060:shā
kTotalStrokes 6
kTraditionalVariant "殺" U+6BBA CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 0992.040:shā